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more elongate in all its parts than E. latifolia. Only the very 
lowest 1. ovate, intermediate lanceolate, upper 1. lanceolate-atte- 
nuated and merging gradually into the linear-lanceolate bracts ; 
sheaths funnelshaped. Fl. “ green tinged with purple.” Pe- 
duncle shorter than the downy germen. Label longer than 
broad, crenate.—8. E. purpurata (Sm.); 1. ovate. lanceolate the 
upper ones narrower, label falling short of the ovate-lanceolate 
sep. and pet., hunches plicate-crenate. E.B. 8.2775. Fl. “ yel- 
low-green tinged with pink.” St. and 1. much tinged with 
purple. Peduncle shorter than the downy germen. Label 
longer than broad, entire, exactly like that of E. media but with 
a more attenuated point.—Woods. Salop. Matlock. Abberly, 
Wors. 8. Woburn. Reigate. Crawley, Suss. P. VIII. E. 
3. E. ovalis (Bab.); 1. ovate-oblong acute the upper ones lan- 
ceolate, 1 or 2 lowest bracts longer than the fi. but shorter than 
the fr., label transversely oval acute mucronate equalling the 
ovate acute sep. and pet., basal hunches plicate-rugose.—E. B. 8. 
2884. Helleborine &c. No. 2. Ray. 383.—L. small; sheaths 
funnelshaped, rather close. Bracts all much smaller than even 
the uppermost leaf. Fl. varying from a dark yellow to blackish- 
red, peduncle shorter than the downy germen. Label trans- 
versely oval, crenate, with a small acute point and elevated folded 
and tubercularly crenate hunches above. St. 6—18 in. high.— 
Settle, Yorkshire.. Little Doward Hill, Heref. Mr. Purchas. 
Ormes Head. Rev. A. Bloxam. P. VII. E. 
4. E. palustris (Sw.); 1. lanceolate, bracts shorter than the 
somewhat drooping fl., label roundish obtuse crenate equalling 
the perianth.—E. B. 270.—St. 12—18 in. high. Cal. purplish- 
green, pet. and lip white tinged with purple-—Moist places, not 
rare. P, VII. VIII. 
12. CEPHALANTHERA Rich. 
1. C. grandiflora (Bab.) ; 1. ovate or ovate-lanceolate, bracts 
longer than the glabrous germen, lip obtuse included.—E. B. 271. 
C. pallens Koch.—Fl. white, lip marked with several elevated 
longitudinal lines. Sep. erect, blunt.—Woods, usually on a cal- 
careous soil. P. VI. E. I. 
2. C. ensifolia (Rich.) ; 1. lanceolate, bracts much shorter than 
the glabrous germen, lip obtuse included.—E. B. 494.—-Fl. white, 
lip with several elevated white lines and a yellow spot in front. 
Outer sep. acute.—Woods, rare. P. V. VI. 
3. C. rubra (Rich.); 1. lanceolate acute, bracts longer than 
the downy germen, lip acute as long as the pet.—E. B.437. Epi- 
pactis Sm.—Fi. purple, lip white with a purple margin, marked 
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